Thread: Why do I hear lots of bad things about the Discovery series 2?

Originally Posted by mrapocalypse

I bet your Diersel pedal hits the floor a lot more than my V8 does... And YES I have driven plenty of Diesels and NO they are not like V8's! Sorry mate.

Nah they both have a place. As i have said on the forum before Diesel for touring and V8 for playing
And yeah the 90 pedal is right to the floor everytime i drive it but that is mainly my driving and not all the fact its a diesel rangie had was driven the same way as well as the V8 100"

Originally Posted by mrapocalypse

If the Traction control stopped working it would result in wheel spin and not a blown diff because for the Traction control to be working it must have locked a wheel that was spinning! If the drive can find the point of lowest traction that's where it will go... not to the wheels that are hanging on.. If you had a centre diff engaged then then he's more likely to bust his rear diff than with a Crapping itself TC! It's a constant four wheel drive principal.

If you are basing your entire assessement of LPG Systems on a 93 disco you had once then maybe you should email the R & D dept at land Rover cos I'm sure they'd love to hear from you. That kind of research is pricelss.

The wheel spin instigated the diff failure in the first place, not the other way round. It was the TC failure that caused the diff to fail, as you said at least with the TC working there's no need for you to hammer the Disco to get places. Even my mate who blew the ****ter out of his diff was amazed how far he got with no CDL, 18 inch tyres and bugger-all ground clerance

Another point to ponder here is no CDL can be deadly in a downhill descent. One case in the club we had a few months ago was a D2 without CDL attempted a steep hiill, got stuck halfway up the hill and had to reverse down. The CDL as you know allows both driveshafts to spin simutaneously and you can maintain control of the vehicle. Without CDL, the D2 lost control and ended up sideways on the hill Luclkily nobody got seriously injured and this reassured the imporrtance of a CDL. This was also on a 'begenners' day so there was some intersting driver training to be had here. A seasoned 4WDer would have handled this better but for less experienmnced, this could get very bloody ugly let me tell you.

Still, give me Maxi-Drives any day. At least I can use them when I want not when a ECU tells me I need to.

Re- LPG. It was more the system not the engine so it' not a LR issue, it was the installer. I bought the Disco with LPG on it and it was a great buying point. The advent of GST, rising LPG costs and bugger-all range and if you go outsode of Brisbane you can't always get it was enough to put me off LPG forever.

Trav